Leprosy presenting as remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema syndrome - a case report.
Miguel Gomes GuerraTaciana Marta Ferreira Cardoso VideiraHugo Alexandre Gomes MoraisTelma Cristiana Resse Nunes SantosRicardo Jorge Ferreira TaipaMiguel Araújo AbreuRomana Carisa Carvalho VieiraDiogo Miranda Gonçalves Guimarães da FonsecaJoana Patrícia Abelha Aleixo Dos SantosSandra Patrícia Abreu Monteiro PintoPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
This report is an example of the heterogeneity of manifestations of Leprosy, namely rheumatic, and the challenge of diagnosing it when typical complaints are absent. It is also a reminder that this disease should be considered whenever a patient with a combination of skin/neurologic/rheumatic complaints has travelled to endemic countries in the past.